Aug 8, 2022

Posted:

BARK

Associate Director, Industrial Design

Lead

Full-Time

New York, NY

Contact
Chloe Hyland

Job Description

WHO WE ARE: The Creative team is responsible for all creative work across toys and product design, product development, marketing, and photography. We're a diverse group of creatives coming from all sorts of backgrounds. We pride ourselves on being funny and innovative in order for us to create magical experiences for dogs and their people. We don't take ourselves too seriously and love finding inspiration in unexpected places. WHO WE’RE SNIFFIN’ FOR: We are looking for a seasoned industrial design manager to lead the design team for BARK’s functional toy line Super Chewer across retail collections and our DTC monthly subscription boxes. KEY DUTIES: This person will be responsible for: Working with BARK’s Director of Toy Design, the Associate Director will set priorities, assignments and goals for a talented 7-person ID team Owning the continuing evolution of the originality and functionality of the Super Chewer toy line with a focus on beautiful design, safety and overall construction quality and engineering Maintaining and nurturing a culture of innovation, curiosity and playfulness to a rigorous, high output product development pipeline. Partnering with functional leads across the business (sourcing, strategy, marketing, project management, customer experience) to plan and achieve short and long term goals to match customer needs Guiding the design team and our overseas partners towards smart cost engineering on the SKU and collection levels Partnering with our safety and quality leads, own the continuing evolution of our safety and quality guidelines Working with partners to research and innovate material selection, play styles and product functions Staying plugged in to consumer trends and competitive products as well as the greater industrial design community Attracting and mentoring design talent Being fascinated by dogs and how they play PREFERRED REQUIREMENTS: 8+ years of work experience, including robust product development with overseas factory partners and QA Designed and shipped 50+ products Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design Entrepreneurial mindset – a self-starter who drives ideas to conclusion Superlative drawing skills Experience managing a creative team Deep knowledge of manufacturing processes of plastic and rubber products and their material properties Exceptional verbal and written communication and interpersonal skills Demonstrated success in partnering with cross-functional development teams to see concepts through to production success Demonstrated mastery of managing multiple projects simultaneously with exemplary attention to detail Passion for technical innovation and design, strong aesthetic sensibility, and deep understanding of user experience Excitement and vision for enhancing the lives of pets and their humans through design

# of People on Team
1 Person
People
# of P.O.C. on Team
1 Person
People
Salary
130,000-150,000
Visa Sponsorship
Potentially
Contact
Chloe Hyland

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